With the inception of No Child Left Behind, educators are required to ensure proficiency for all students in reading and math, but provide no incentive for developing the talents of gifted students (Gentry, 2006b). ...

This study was designed to investigate the link between marital quality and financial management roles by gaining insight into the relationship processes of farm couples. Fifty-five married individuals who identified living ...

The objectives of this research were to address the impacts of positive and negative emotions on customers’ satisfaction and customers’ repeat visit intentions, and to investigate the mediating effect of customer satisfaction ...

After remaining stable for several decades, corn price has recently had unprecedented price increases and volatility. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) predicts an average corn price of $5.80 per bushel for ...

Land values have a fascinating history after the first settlers started moving west in the 19th century. Much research has been done in agricultural economics with regards to land values and this subject will continue to ...

The modern poultry industry uses auger feed lines to transport feed for broilers to pans to make feed available for them while greatly reducing labor costs. The feed given to broilers is manufactured at significant cost ...

Homophobic hate crimes against lesbians and gay men represent a significant social problem that has important psychological consequences for survivors. Because the nature of these crimes is, by definition, against someone ...

In many species, temporary increases in glucocorticoids (GC) can be used to identify changes in adrenal activity in response to acute stressors. For this research, GC metabolites were identified in fecal extracts from ...

Escherichia coli O157:H7 has emerged as a significant human food-borne pathogen over the past two decades. While cattle have been identified as the major reservoir of the pathogen, the dynamics of shedding are still largely ...

Pulp/paste candy is popular in Mexico and is gaining popularity around the world. Pulp/paste candy is characterized as a soft, semi-fluid candy with particles in a colloidal suspension, typically squeezed out of the package ...

The rising awareness of celiac disease, an intestinal intolerance to gluten, has increased the demand for gluten-free products. Gluten is a protein that provides structure to breads, cakes, cookies, and other wheat-flour ...

This paper reviews the safe production of hard and semi-soft natural cheeses made from pasteurized milk, starter cultures, and enzymatic coagulation. Historically, raw milk has been a source of pathogenic bacteria; however, ...

The purpose of this mixed methods case study was to examine the impact of lesson study professional development on teacher self-efficacy and outcome expectancy using Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory as a framework (1977). ...

The overall aim of this dissertation was to determine the impact of lifestyle (i.e. habitual and acute physical activity and diet), age, and sex on systemic and airway inflammation and oxidative stress. In study 1 (Chapter ...

Social organizations known as fraternities exist on many college campuses in the United States. Many of these organizations have a residential home either on the campus or off campus for the students known as a fraternity ...

Little information is available on the use of relational aggression in adult romantic relationships. In a sample of 325 married couples (650 spouses) we assessed the use of relational aggression within couples married an ...

The zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) model consists of a Poisson model and a degenerate distribution at zero. Under this model, zero counts are generated from two sources, representing a heterogeneity in the population. In ...

Biotic interactions among mycorrhizal fungi, nematodes, plants and other microbial communities can have significant effects on the dynamics of C and nutrient cycling. The specific objectives of this study were (1) to ...